CH 5.2

Smooch, Celia’s face was redder as he sucked her saliva. Leonis’s strong arms gripped her tightly as she lay on the bed. He was already hugging her with his whole body as if bounding her to him.

As he gripped her chin and fiercely sucked her lips and tongue, an ecstatic heat surged through her.

“Haa…”

Leonis let out a soft sigh through his saliva-soaked lips. With a ravenous gaze, his red eyes looked at Celia’s face. Her rosy complexion looked like an appetizing fruit. He was tempted to lick her watery blue eyes, but he laughed at himself for even thinking about it.

A smile on Leonis’s lips caught Celia’s eyes. He suppressed a rising smile as he licked her lips slowly. It could be seen that Celia’s eyes shook with bewilderment.

‘Wouldn’t spending the night like this be too much?’

He didn’t stop because he had to, but he reasoned that it would be more difficult if he relaxed a little. Not her, but him, very much.

Leonis looked at Celia with burning eyes. She also noticed that he was measuring. Now’s not the time. She is dying!

She won’t die in that way but she was physically exhausted. Leonis’s eyes narrowed as Celia looked desperately into his eyes, unable to open her mouth. It was a tongue-in-cheek look.

“Mo… Monsters!”

It must be the voice of the soldier standing on guard. Leonis’s head, which had been focused on Celia until now, turned away.

“I’ll be right back.”

Leonis had detached himself from Celia’s body and went out with a long sword, which was leaning on one side of the tent. Celia sighed deeply as she was left alone. It seemed as if Leonis’s heat was still on her tingling lips.

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It was not uncommon for a monster to attack when seeing the lights of the camp, but it was the first time that such a large-scale attack had occurred.

The soldiers of Cardian moved in unison at the urgent shout of the guard. They were familiar with monster subjugation as well as night raids. Heavily armed knights stepped forward as some soldiers took their time. There were a lot of monsters, but when the elite knights came out, the victory was quickly secured.

Leonis’s promise to return soon were not just words. He was used to slaying, thus he quickly slaughtered the surrounding monsters, providing the knights and soldiers an opening.

But…

The queen ant was sitting in the middle of the monster. The moment he cut her neck and stabbed her in her heart, he felt a strange sensation on the tip of the sword.

‘Magic!’

It was already too late when he noticed it. The 3m queen ant’s huge body burst, scattering debris all over the place. Leonis momentarily drew up mana to protect himself. 

“Your Excellency!”

“Duke!”

The queen ant’s hard shell fell like a piece of metal on Leonis’s body, but it merely cut his armor and clothes. She couldn’t make a single scratch on his body. 

The calm appearance of the duke elicited cheers from knights and soldiers. Now that he has killed the queen ant, all he has to do is kill the remaining giant ants. 

Leonis concentrated on slaughtering the remaining monsters as if nothing had happened, but he sensed something was wrong.

‘What is this?’

He wore armor and helmet, yet the fluid continued to seep through the gaps in his armor. He could feel the curse, which seemed to fade away when he was in contact with Celia, beginning to seethe again.

‘Keu…Uh…’

The monsters’ bodies disintegrated into three or four pieces due to his quick hands. Although, the thirst did not go away even if the body fluid of the devil was turned over. Leonis was embarrassed when he felt madness go through the mulls of his mind. 

The fragments of the queen ant were a trick, but the fluid side was real. He felt the disgusting energy of madness spread through his body, and he reflexively thought of her.

Celia! 

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Celia, who had been left alone in the barracks, was startled by the person entering the tent. She came to a halt as if embarrassed by Celia’s reaction.

“Sorry. I came in without asking because I was afraid that the noise outside the barracks would drown out my voice.”

Celia gave a puzzled glance at the appearance of the maid with her hair neatly tied up. 

“Pardon….”

“The Duke ordered me to escort his wife.”

The shadows outside the barracks made her realize she wasn’t alone. The soldiers seemed to be standing guard at the barracks’ entrance. Celia nodded, relieved.

She thought Leonis would just leave her alone in the barracks and focus on killing the monsters, but he seemed to care about everything.

“I will wait outside so you can rest comfortably.”

Celia allowed it after she was greeted by the maid, who introduced herself. When she was left alone in the barracks and listened again, she heard the strange cries of monsters and the shouts of the soldiers.

‘Y-you’re winning, right?’

How was this part of the original?

Celia committed suicide so Marquis Montague was unable to attend the wedding. Meanwhile, Leonis leaves the capital after hearing the news from the knights and returns to Asylus to subdue the monster. And…

‘They rush to Marquis Montague’s house in rage.’

It was late on the day of the wedding. Celia’s maid was shocked by Celia’s death, and released Lily from the warehouse later than Celia had ordered. It was Leonis who came into the Marquis’ house. He had seen Lily exit from the warehouse with a weary face. 

Notes:

[1] “Throw a spoon during a meal” means being disrespectful.